From the early 2000s to the establishment of the third Justice and Development Party (JDP) government in 2011, one can observe a compromise between the state and right-based organizations characterized by conflictual yet cooperative relationship. Despite the legal and political achievements regarding the empowerment of civil society in the EU accession process and the prospects for Turkey’s becoming a model for the Islamic countries for being secular and Muslim country, particularly in the last four years, due to the prevalence of an authoritarian tendency on the side of the JDP government, Turkey has been experiencing serious limitations in terms of providing an enabling political environment for the flourishing of a democratic and participative civil society. In this context, this paper aims at exploring the patterns of civil society and government interface in Turkey since 2011, with reference to the two major roles of the civil society organizations (CSOs), influencing decision and policy-making processes and monitoring and controlling state policies and activities with a particular focus on the rights-based CSOs that operate for the protection and promotion of women’s and human rights in Turkey. The CSOs within the scope of the research comprise KA-DER (Association for the Support and Training of Women Candidates), MOR ÇATI (Purple Roof Women’s Shelter Foundation), MAZLUMDER (The Human Rights and Solidarity Association for the Oppressed) and ?HD (The Human Rights Association). The data for this paper are derived from the findings of a qualitative study funded by the Oxfam and pursued through documentary analysis as well as semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted with the chairpersons of the mentioned associations and with key informants from the selected state departments as stakeholders of the selected CSO. The findings of the research elicit the significance of a consolidated democracy with the constituent principles of rule of law, independence of the media, respect for differences and rights-freedoms, system of checks and balances as well as the determination of the state authorities, politicians, and the society to adopt and internalize democratic values for a well-functioning civil society and the sustainability of achievements for the democratization process in theTurkish case.